Thursday, October 17, 2019

GDP
GDP: Gross Domestic Product- total market value all final goods and services produced within a country's borders within a given year.
GNP: Gross National Product- Measure of what its citizens produce and whether they produce these items within their borders.


C: Consumption Expenditures (67%)
Finish goods and services
Ig: Gross Private Domestic Investment (17%) 
1.Factory equipment maintenance 
2.New Factory Equipment
3. Constructing housing 
4. Unsold Inventory of products built in a year 
G: Government Spending (20%)
The purchased of goods as service
Xn: Net Exports (-4%)
(Exports- Imports)


C+Ig+G+Xn=GDP

NOT COUNTED IN GDP 
1. Used or second-hand goods (Avoid double or multiple counting)
2. Gifts or transfer payments- Transfering money from one person to another.
-produces no output
-Public: Ex: Social Security, Welfare
-Private : Ex: Scholarship  
3. Stocks and Bonds
- Purely financial transactions 
-No output produced 
4. Unreported Business Activities (tips)
5.Illegal activities (underground)
6.Non- Market Activities (babysitting, volunteering)
7. Intermediate Goods (Avoid double or Multiple counting )


Expenditure Approach: were adding up all the spending produced in a given year (C+Ig+G+Xn=GDP)
Income Approach: all consumers how much money they make with a given year. (W+R+I+P)








1 comment:

  1. Is it possible that some items are counted towards a nation's GDP, but not their GNP, or vice versa? What would be some possible situations where that may occur?

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